Field notes from the world of drinks — how they're really made, told by the people who make them. We don't follow recipes. We understand them.
Florence, 1919: Camillo Negroni swaps the soda for gin and, without knowing it, invents the method — breaking a classic on purpose. The prelude to the Lab.
A cata of cocuy at Viva Madrid — Venezuela's wild agave spirit, and why most of the room didn't know it was agave at all.
A sobremesa at La Mezcaloteca, and the quiet arithmetic of how real mezcal is actually made.
A pisco cata with Sarcay — and why Peru's grape spirit might be the most honest pour on the back bar.
A vodka cata and formación with Valentino from Ketel One — and how to taste the thing everyone says has no taste.
